Inflation

n.	1.	The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.
	2.	The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.
	3.	Persistent expansion or increase in the general level of prices, usually caused by overissue of currency, and resulting in a reduced value of the currency. It is contrasted with deflation, and is when it occurs to a very high degree is called hyperinflation.

Noun	1.	inflation - a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money" Synonyms: rising prices Antonyms: deflation - a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices disinflation - a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments
	2.	inflation - (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
	3.	inflation - lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity Synonyms: ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness, ostentation
	4.	inflation - the act of filling something with air Antonyms: deflation - the act of letting the air out of something

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